Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [adj] than a " in BNC.

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1 As is clear from the above , Giddens 's querying of Freud is more than a pedantic concentration on sloppy terminology .
2 They may have gone down the medium wave dial from 10.17 to 8.55 , but their new premises in Ludlow is more than a few steps up from the barn .
3 Yet Maastricht is more than a symbolic milestone .
4 With 3 gold medals , Steve Redgrave is more than an Olympic hero .
5 But Cooper is more than a hard man .
6 With David Robinson all about how Super Nintendo is better than a Megadrive or Megadrive is better than a Super Nintendo big argument
7 Ingleborough from Clapham is more than a simple walk .
8 Given a decent summer , a top English Seyval Blanc or Huxelrebe is more than a match for most Muscadets or Soaves .
9 The waiting period for Entry Certificates at the British Consulate in Bombay is more than a year .
10 This Devonian is more than a useful one-day cricketer who does his stuff as a medium-pace seamer. he is rated as a sound technical batsman , sure-footed against the spinner and able to get the short-pitched bowling away .
11 The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck .
12 ‘ The Darkfall is more than a physical manifestation , ’ continued Rohmer .
13 Sometimes Japan is more than a Western mind can take .
14 We know that Matisse is more than a decorative painter and we agree that Picasso is not always an aggressive painter , but the whole discourse about these painters has depended upon certain prejudicial polarities : colour or form ; wholeness or disintegration ; tradition or avant-garde ; French or international .
15 With David Robinson all about how Super Nintendo is better than a Megadrive or Megadrive is better than a Super Nintendo big argument
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